Formula 1
Richards says Villeneuve will stay
Jacques Villeneuve has said that he will quit BAR at the end of the season if there are no improvements in the performance of the car and after he failed to show up for testing in Barcelona last week, rumours of his departure being imminent ...
Edited: Apr 15, 2002, 11:45 PM
Copy link
Share on Viber
Jacques Villeneuve has said that he will quit BAR at the end of the season if there are no improvements in the performance of the car and after he failed to show up for testing in Barcelona last week, rumours of his departure being imminent surfaced. But team principal David Richards is adamant that Villeneuve is committed to BAR and has approved the changes made in personnel recently.
"I can assure you that Jacques is totally committed to BAR," said Richards. "He told Martin Broughton (chairman of British American Tabacco) the same thing by stating that he would be very upset to leave the team at this point after all his hard work, as he thought that BAR were about to turn the corner."
"The idea that he refused to turn up for testing in Barcelona is nonsense. He has suffered some back pain driving the car and we re-arranged testing. I can find no fault with Jacques' application in the first two races. Now we are making changes that were overdue."
Engineering director Malcolm Oastler and chief designer Andy Green left BAR last week and a further 50 workers are also expected to part company with the team. Geoff Willis, who's aerodynamic work had great effect on the revitalizing of Williams, will now try to do the same for BAR.
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article Toyota Barcelona test notes 2002-03-22
Next article Testing round up
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Jacques Villeneuve
Jacques Villeneuve calls out Oscar Piastri after costly Azerbaijan GP error: "Rookie mistake"
Formula 1
Formula 1
Azerbaijan GP
Jacques Villeneuve calls out Oscar Piastri after costly Azerbaijan GP error: "Rookie mistake"
Jacques Villeneuve defends Red Bull team orders call at F1 Azerbaijan GP
Formula 1
Formula 1
Azerbaijan GP
Jacques Villeneuve defends Red Bull team orders call at F1 Azerbaijan GP
Jacques Villeneuve delivers verdict on Esteban Ocon's F1 future
Formula 1
Formula 1
Azerbaijan GP
Jacques Villeneuve delivers verdict on Esteban Ocon's F1 future
More from
Williams
Williams has better cooling vests than anyone – Alex Albon
Formula 1
Formula 1 4 h
Williams has better cooling vests than anyone – Alex Albon
James Vowles explains request for review of F1 cost cap
Formula 1
Formula 1
Singapore GP
James Vowles explains request for review of F1 cost cap
Latest news
Winners and losers from a Chase-altering NASCAR Cup race at Phoenix
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Phoenix II
7 min
Winners and losers from a Chase-altering NASCAR Cup race at Phoenix
Heart of Racing rules Valkyrie GTP step next year ‘too soon’ for IMSA standout Barrichello
IMSA
IMSA IMSA 11 min
Heart of Racing rules Valkyrie GTP step next year ‘too soon’ for IMSA standout Barrichello
Sergio Perez: Debut Cadillac season "without a doubt one of my best years"
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1
United States GP
22 min
Sergio Perez: Debut Cadillac season "without a doubt one of my best years"
McLaren to use final 2026 developments to test 2027 F1 car concepts
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1 53 min
McLaren to use final 2026 developments to test 2027 F1 car concepts
Feature
Discover prime content
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe